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Cauliflower Coral Spawning Documented for First Time/By Wendy Osher
Spawning cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) within the Shark Island lagoon, French Frigate Shoals, part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Image credit: Kristina Dickson/ USFWS. For the first time ever, the spawning of cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) has been captured on video and in photographs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. While the coral is a common reef building species found throughout the Hawaiian Islands, its spawning had never before been documented in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Read more: http://mauinow.com/2011/06/07/cauliflower-coral-spawning-documented-for-first-time/
Spawning cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) within the Shark Island lagoon, French Frigate Shoals, part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Image credit: Kristina Dickson/ USFWS. For the first time ever, the spawning of cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) has been captured on video and in photographs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. While the coral is a common reef building species found throughout the Hawaiian Islands, its spawning had never before been documented in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Read more: http://mauinow.com/2011/06/07/cauliflower-coral-spawning-documented-for-first-time/